The Sun. — London, England, 1818-12-08 00:00:00

LON UoN j• [FROM THE MORNING PAPERS . OF THIS DAY.] r The l'imes.l We have to state the arrival of further Dis patches from India. They contain, ist. A General Order from the - Governor-Gen'; oral, thanking Lieutenant-Colonel Adams for L is attack open", and defeat of, the Mahratta Army, tinder ILijee Row, the details, of which were al ready poblislred in The Gazette of the 28th of last September. 2d. Major Clark's report of the surprise defeat of the durrahs of two Pindarree Chiefs, on the 13:11 of January .; in the course of which ac tion, Ca.ptain Kennedy was much disti»goisbed, and airont 1;000 Pindatrees out of 1500 were Blain. This report is followed by another com plementary General Older to the Officers and Troops by kvl,om the success was achieved. 3d. Details of some small, - though brilliant, operations under MAjor Richards, Lieutenant- Colonel Macmorine, and Major O'Brien, to wards the end of February and beginning of Mord, 4th. Extracts of Reports from Major-General Marshal, together with the General Orders of that Officer, relative to the operations in which be had been engaged, thronghoot the months of March and April. On the lith of March the General occupied the tort of Sangur, a place of considerable importance. On the 24th, the gar rison of Dhamonee surrendered. On the 26th and 27:h of April the division of General Marshal was employed in the reduction of tire fortress of Man('lah, already stated in' this journal, an ob ject which was effected by storm. Major-Ge nral Watgon led the attack.,—the garrison were driven in all directions befor'e the assailants, and fell in great numbers—of which many were pursned by our cavalry, and forced into the Net-. bliddah, where they perished.' The two Com mandants, Sabah Roy and Muthoo Rani, were tried on charges of treachery and rebellion, in re• sisting the public orders of.the Nagpore Govern ment, which enjoined submission to the British ; but it being ascertained that they acted under secret orders from their unprincipled and infatu ated Chief, they were of course acquitted. [Marning Post.] Two vessels sailed from the River on Friday with recruits for South Amcrica. The great object of the Deputies fr,ra the Independent Governutents is to procure the disciplined troops now . discharging from the Brirish service, and for the present all others are refused by them. This is a most serious fact, and well worthy of official attention. In the City thegener4l. feeling seems byno means favour- Ride to the cause of the Independents. Nor a single we are assured, has yet been subscribed to their proposed loan. [lWe," Time ] r (Inds felt a slight depression yesterday, for which no reason was very dbvlons. Some persons, however, were inclined to attribute it to the acquittals of the forgers, who were tried on . Saturday and yesterday; and it was urged that the principle adoped by the Juries on those oc casions was one which held out the greatest .'pos sible incitement to crime, and went to the utter destruction of the retail trade of the country. We do not pre►end to give an opinion on this point ; but we feel convinced that if such con sequences are likely to ensue the evil must. spee dily cure itself. The retail shopkeepers will feel the hardship most severely ; and it will never be endured that this industrious and valuable class of the community shall be left a prey to the nefarious arts of a set of miscreants who are encouraged in their audacity by a confidence in the false lenity of the tribunals. Juries them selves will be the first to correct any error into which they may have been led on this subject by the factions newspapers, which cloak their wish to disturb the proceedings of Government under the specious pretence of liberality. On the other hand, nothing surely can be easier than for the Bank to adopt some improvement on the present execution of Bank notes. Their atten tion lots been long directed to this subject ; but probably they hesitate to adopt any of the vari ous methods suggested, because each is liable to some objection or other. Lint it should be remem beivd, that the aim is not to render Bank -notes incapable of imitation ; for that perhaps is beyond human ingenuity ; but to render them less easily imitable than they are at present. This is in fact the case very generally with the country Bank notes, as compared with those of the Bank of England ; and the consequence is, 'hat forgery of such notes is very rate indeed in England, and scarcely known in Scotland. THE PRINCE REGEN'T'S CQURT. Yesterday, at two o'clock, his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT held a Court at Carlton House, which was at tended by . The Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasnry, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admi ralty, the Secretary of State for the Home Depar : tment, the Secretary of State fur the Colonial Department, the President of the H oard of Control, the Chancellor of the'Dnehy of Lan caster, the Lord Ch.millerlain, the Lord Steward, the Niaster of the Hor,c, the Treasurer of the Housebold, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench: His Royal HighneSs held a Privy Conncil,which was attended by the above distinguished charac ters. Viscount Cbetwynd attended as Clerk of the Council. At the breaking up, his Royal Highness held Council, at which Sir John Silvester, the Re corder of London, was introduced, and made his Report of the Convicts capitally found guilty at the ;Sept ember Sessions at Justice Hall, in the . Old Bailey. Viscount Sidmouth and Mr. Bragge Bathurst / A d audiences of the Prince Regent. EO - R 'filE SliN. TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE. MR. EDITOR,—It was not my intention toliavt troubled you a-second time. on the subject of Mr . . BELLAMY'S " new Translation of the Bible."— yorrr Correspondent STACItHOUSB, its your Paper of the 2d inst., regtires a few words, which will be my last on a subject that .Will doubtless be 'treated in due time; by far abler writers, with the attention its importance demands. I winSltl first observe <before I come to it - maffer of mote con sequence) that " STACKHOUSE'S" first observa tion relative to the " Review," proves nothing either for or'against its merits. He simply asserts the Reviewer's own persuasion that he under stands Hebrew better than Mr. BELLAMY, who has devoted " thirty years" to • the study of that language. Till he can prove that the Reviewer understands less than Mr. BELLAMY, STACK riotne's " assumption" is at least equal in bold ness to that which he condemns.-, By, what " measure" should a Reviewer - " censure" Or to-aise, l 7 but by that " of his own knowledge ?" incompetency will he be unequal to the task, his will not long remain undiscovered. But, " 4 ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius." The applica tion is easy. To come, however, to the main point, as I am not going to " take up the cinlgel," in behalf of a Review, abundantly competent to defend itself.—'' STACKHOUSB," it seems, ." fol lowed me in opinion," till I dropped the " Phi losopher," and commenced " Fuithster :" and when I " opposed the curl ection of Scriptural expressions," my letter " dropped from his" hand !" Here, Sir, I beg to observe two things— First. In those points of Religion which ate ne cessarily points purely of Faith, the reasonings of Philosophy will be wholly misapplied. The light of Human reason will indeed serve to guide us in human of if it venture on subjects so infinitely abOve human apprehension, if it should presume to examine into the mysteries of Divine Wisdom, where then will be the PhilosopherT As the bodily eye shrinks from the brightness of the Meridian Sun, equally unable is the eye of reason to-dwell upon the brightness of the AUTHOR of that Sun. " Canst thou by searching find out God ? Canst thou find out the Almighty to per fection ?" Philosophy-, Sir, has made men Atheists, it never has made them Christians. And from such Pseudo- Philosophers, as would measure infi nite wisdom with finite capacities, I have only to say ". Good Lord deliver us 1 " Secondly; I never intended to " oppose the correction of Scriptural expressions" in told. 1 will readily admit with STACKHOUSE that many parts of the Bible (un derstanding thereby the Old Testaineut) may be susceptible of improvement. I should railer say, that there are parts which I think had better have been omitted. But Ido most assuredly deprecate the attempt to shake popular belief in its. Divine Truths. However much of a " Faithster" it: may please STACKHOUSE to consider me, .1 am no Bigot ; hut I am deeply sensible of the danger of similar attempts ; more especially where there is reason to doubt the validity, much more the supe riority, of the alterations. • To instance this in one case only. The typical offering by ABRAHAM of his son ISAAC. Mr. BELLAMY denies that any such sacrifice was commanded ABRAHAM—that he was merely coin triatided " to Laic. bis ISAAC," ant'.' cause trim to ascend there " (i. e. Mount:74o6Am) " concerning time offeritos"- 7 -So Mr. • BELLAMY (not very clearly) translates it.—Now, Sir, after .denying that such a sacrifice was commanded (no one ever pretended that it was intended), Mr. BELLAMY yet allows that it was the Divine pur pose to try and prove ABRAHAM (whiciva mere command to go and offer a sacrifice, was - not quite sofficient to have done), and the ALMIGHTY is still represented by him as approving, and pro mising time blessing to Anaatiass, because he had not WITHHET.O his only Son," &c.--With the verbal Criticism I have nothing to do, thouch it may he observed that Mr. B. rejects the common Version -in one instance, where it does not. suit his ideas, to adopt, almost immediately alter, its interpretation of the self-same word. If, Sir, Mr. BELLAMY understands the Offering of ABRAHAM aright, I can only say ST. PAUL 1111tICI$I0011 it wrong—Our Savrou R himself understood it wrong ; and Mr. B. must prove that, (setting inspiration aside) the former was ignorant of Hebrew also, as well as our Old Translators—and STacititousa, that the New Testament is as little to be relied on as the Old. One word more as to myself—STAcxxousz misquotes me in making me deny that any part of the Bible is " absurd," and continues in a strain which certainly would induce me to be lieve that kis Faith extends very little farther than his comprehension. The word " absurd," I never used. I said, "no part of the Bible necessary to our faith was ' obscure,' save as. regards Myste ries, which must ever be obscure to human ap prebension."—And this, Sir, I boldly repeat ; parts of minor importance. are undo►►btetlly ob scure; and if Mr. BELLAMY, or any otherJrans lator or Commentator can elucidate them, far be, it front me to wish his labours. fruitless. I would have the National Translation of this Sacred Volume perfect as human capacity can render it. But I would have no Work of this nature given to the Public, till it have received the sanction of those best qu►alifted to judge of its merits .as an ". improved Translation."---I would have no► at tempt made which may mislead the ignorant On points of finch vital importance, sanctioned as our received interpretation of Holy Writ has been, in all its important parts, by the wisest and most enlightened men, who have studied its pages with delight, and dwelt with rapture on the sublimity of a style, which Mr. /384LAMY will nut easily equal. Still more do I deprecate the arguments of Philosophers, who would hold their " fartbing candles to the sun," or would encourage others to withhold their belief from Scriptural Truths, merely because they surpass the reach of their own limited understandings. I am in no tear of my own " as. STACKHOUSB would suggest, being staggered by Mr. Bst.t.arav's labours, it he can improve the Volume upon which I build it — Deus fovea: inceptis I am, Sir, &c. • SCIWTATOR. Net:tuber 3, Ma. Tr LIE SUN. •OLE3I QUIS DICERE FALSUNI AUDEAT ? LONDON, TUESI),4Y, DECEMBER 8, 1818. We received this morning the Paris Papers at Saturday last. The following are extracts " DKc. 5. "CHAMBER 0V THE KING. " The Court will go into mourning for 21 days, commencing to-morrow, on account of the death of her Majesty the Queen of England. The first 11 days the mourning to be black, and the last 10 white. " The Secretary of the King's Chamber, L. DE eiIAMPOLLES. " The Hanoverian Envoy had an audience of the King yesterday morning. The Duke d'Angoulcme returns to Pc: is on Monday next. " The Duke of Wellington yesterday paid his respects to Monsieur-and the Duke de Berry. " i\l. de Carnbacets has returned to Paris. " The price of bread at Paris is to be lowered (row this day ; the loaf of 4 lbs. finest quality, to be sold for 70 cents. (7d.) ; the same, second qua lity, SO cents. (SIL) "Ihe Doke of Wellington dined yesterday with the Neapolitan . Ambassador. FIVE PER CENTS. Friday GS f. 70c. DF,FERRED SToCK. Of the 22d March, 1817, SO f. snc. 92d Sept. • 1917, • 924 `lurch, 1819, ;Kt'. 50c. 92d Sept. 1918, 74 f. 75C. " COLOGNE, Nov. 24.—During his stay at Aix-la-Chapelle, the Emperor of Austria. received a great number of Petitions from all the neigh bouring towns, and .from different parts of Ger many. His Imperial Majesty received some also from. Belgium. " MANHEIM, Nov.. 27.—Private letters state, that after the departure of the Sovereigns from several sulij,.eti of great im portance still remained to be diieussedin the Mi nisterial Conferences. CARLSRUHE, Nov. 29.—The Emperor of Russia quitted Rastadt yesterday, after Passing some hours, with the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Baden: His Imperial Majesty arrived at Stattgard last night. " LAusANwm, Nov. 27.—The proposals of the Court of Rio Janeiro, fur planting Swiss Colonies in the Brazils, who are to receive a number of advantages, have been circulated throughout Switzerland. HasTADr, Nov. 29.—The Grand Duke Mi chael quitted Carisruhe yesterday evening to pro ceed to Stuttgart!. The Empress Dowager of Russia was ex pected yesterday at Cassel. " STUTTGARD, NOV, 29.—M. de Scholl, Lieu tenant-Colonel of Engineers, in the service of Austria, has been for some days at Ulm ; he is ammissioned to direct the construction of the works of that fortress." Our Paris Corre7ponuent has' again •attacked the Ultras in his letter of this day, but with a want of his usual sagacity, for if there are sixty fire thousand ?fables on their side, they mimic be an insigncant Party, however they may be out , numbered by the Revolutionists, who, we fear, will soon trample them under foot, and bring the Country to ruin. A Supplement to The London Gazelle of &Ina day was published last night. It contains Dis patcl►es from India of rather old dates, the first being so far back as the 14th of January, and the latest being dated the 29th of April. They only go to authenticate the narratives which we have long since given of the Pindaree war, and the fall of Mundlah.—lts principal contents will be. found in our last page. We refer our Readers to a brief account of what passed yesterday evening at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, where a meeting of the Demo ciatlcal Ruffians who support Mr. Hosirouss took place. The Gentleman from whom we re ceived this account, and on whose veracity we de pend, was attracted by curiosity and a sincere de sire of bearing what could be said by these per sons in support of their• cause, and bt assures us, that nothing tok:ltt be niroqt . violettt and disgostiug than the whole of the proc eeti li.. He has treated the matte: with some degr ee of ela t e cult, but h e conceives that it is a subject N ot t° trifled with, as the temper of the leading P ers°9 present displeyeil an intention to effect the ir P ill ; pose by every species of diabolical artifice 6°, desperate outrage. What can more s,tronelet, emplify the villainy of these wretches tha n. the 8 c tempt to throw the disgrace of all the tutbulenct and murderous fury which marked the tbß of the BURDETTITES at the Hustings, "P" friends of Sir MuRISAY 'MAXWELL .These ire c ue ' are fully aware of the folly of the charge----as if the friends of Sir MURRAY MAXWELL Wtitthl er' deV ' your to murder hi i ; but the lie served a WV nary purpose, and that was sufficient for the easion.—Mr. Iloenouse delivered one of ,tbe most inflammatory speeches that ever wa s dressed to a mob. In die course of it he,allin" to the Letter which appeared in The ger" Chronicle, and which was copied into- The Sun ; requiring him to unfold his Political Creed, a% to state whether he was an advocate for fivilla Parliaments and Universal Suffrage, as well a s t : what extent he carried his ideas of a Parliamellia* Reform. He styled the writer of that let pleton, a numskull, or some such term of c onte o4 declaring that be did not think him worth a n 111 :, swer in the Public Prints; but that in that ro' he w m ould avow his sen:icots 3 and ow l In fer°. ant assures us, that as he understood M'r' 11°. noose, who was frequently coufused by bis Ul Vtt t° violence, he distinctly avowed his intention i support Annual Parliaments and U n ive r s al 5111. fruge. Can anything be mo re insulting t the Electors than this conduct? Mr. 11°13'. I%leg # HOUSE will not condescend to , tell th e tors at large what is his POLITICAL CILE69I; but he will avow it to an infamoos rabt)". fl og in a tavern, -because he knows that were - 5 to profess a determination to ;upport the cifhily of that rabble they would desert biro , if tr d were not hired to remain in his service b ot t l e r contribotious of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, or Patriotic friends to the independence of I ' Ves 0 minster. Will the Electors receive a man 1 64 disdains to tell them openly his Pot 0 PRINCIPLES, but Who avows his devo o " 0 , the most dangerous doctrines to the rabble in a ail , vern ? ELECTORS, the CONSTITUTION Of aliS C° l , l o try, which has long rendered it the happiest ae tr i , freest country on earth, is invaded by a n el . . °l' a tionary Gang, who support the interest of an, who is accused of having written a WorK c° (,. taming the most detestable doctrines pod servo which lie ,hilts never denied. W it ' o t. s disgrace yourselves by such a Representat i4l r I e tl thereby bring into jeopardy all that t e°4 your ancrators free, respectable, and haPPY ? it °' which will keep you and your PusteritY 051 you resist the efforts, and spurn the pretelt si° , of furious Demagogues a nd Iteloroter9 itl °l SIR B,T ENAMIN 110BNOUSE.:—II rEpCi•- e ' though this Baronet has enjoyed the pr"ect' _. r of Government for a long period, on a Pr es°ll oo Lion that his principles are congenial o'itttit is principles of its own system, yet thaieos canvassing for a Parliamentary Seat for . i ste Son among the Electors of Westmioster• ter, hope that, for the credit of his own ehledis' the Baronet will promptly -come forward "1/60,11, avow the injurious charge, but if it shook' b e Ig o. founded, we conceive that he be t l6 I°l ro t entitled to the confidence Of Goyernment• :6, that Ministers will act with decision at this P 9 et , color crisis, when a new Revolution nik'Y p i ace' peered in France, and when FACTION is ".-1 vouiing to produce one in this Country• " Shall our coffers then " lle einpty'd, to rCileetn a Traitor borne? Shalt we buy treason ? and indent with fear s v i "W 1 they lost f rfeited thetns~lres, ten have ant 0 rte j JOSEPII BUTTERWORT IT, ESQ.- - W e " with great pleasure 'an account, taken fr °l/1 e° Covenby Herald, of the Present which theliirn s t of this Gentleman in that City had made t° gi ll a testimony of their sense of his peo°' l3 ', ll ,,iefli and Patti amen,tayy Conduct. That sec oat of a noticed the Ai dress which Air. Btr rTes. delivered, in retnin for sn honourable a e ;ore the approbation of his Constituents. (see this day taken 4 tif I - report of that Adti ress . 19 los il e firs; page) from the same Paper, and rvo l O tt' ample and most satisfactory exposition of P-5 re° duct and principles, it may he tairlY as a masterly and valuable historical d' cun berl i k We hope that it will be rem{ by eve r y gei vi e" " the nits Pa' :ikimetit with deep coat,,attentio°,ll m ile a. Ind faithfully dent ibex the nature of tbe I ; .‘ ii,appointments necessarily attend ing o t mediate eieets f7f a sudden Pe ice 'd r ever desirable as a national blessing, rill-multi; holds forth a model of ParliamentorY "'der that, if universally observed, would P ct; f o rii i l,; British Senate a wiser and more virtoc;eoo". lative Body than Hoy that has ever bad in the annals of Higtory. It i PA li c ount Mieth corype 'Peak Ctjv il tUror Ithn tbey Cot St ates el () qut ev ery fragat 'settl e , and ti try ea "n3ri to suc 1.1)( the ti th e 41 t t hettli 1 1 0Sed . i 11( gn tfieN AS, Sk i til es bitras "hdi t i i k e 0 .41:e the Tu z THEATRICAL ItEGltil'lLlt. Perinvwvl Last Night. THEATRE (OVAL, DituitY-LANE.—(4th tinge), Brutus: t.ts 4:ins Junius, Nlr. Kean ; Tarquinia, Mrs. W. West. After which, The Falls of Clyde. THEATRK ROYAL, COVENT-GA RDRN.—Tfne Shore ; Lori) Mast itig's, Mr. Young ; Jane Shore, Miss O'Neill. After which (4th time), Ibus - e D'Amour. 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